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Speckled butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus #114778670
Description
As its names suggest, it is pale yellow with numerous small dark spots. There is also a black bar extending above and below the eye and a black margin to theÃÂ anal fin. The largest recorded specimen was 13 centimeters 5.1ÃÂ in long. C. citrinellusÃÂ is common in shallow exposedÃÂ reefÃÂ flats,ÃÂ lagoons, and seawardÃÂ reefs, generally in relatively open areas with scatteredÃÂ corals. They may occasionally be found at greater depth, as deep as 36 meters 118ÃÂ ft. They feed on smallÃÂ worms, smallÃÂ benthicÃÂ invertebrates,ÃÂ coral polypsÃÂ andÃÂ filamentous algae.